PhD Opportunities in Microbiology in France

PhD Opportunity at CEA, France (Paris-Saclay region) This post advertises a PhD position in multiscale modeling , molecular dynamics , hydrodynamics , and agentic AI at CEA , in collaboration between Maison de la Simulation and CEA DAM . The research topic is “Multiscale Modeling of Interface Instabilities under Dynamic Loading: From Atoms to Continuum in the Era of Agentic AI.” The project focuses on Richtmyer–Meshkov and Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities in materials under extreme dynamic loading....

PhD position in episignatures and long-read sequencing at the University of Rouen Normandy in France, within Inserm UMR1245 / Cancer and Brain Genomics (CBG) and in partnership with Rouen University Hospital . The project focuses on using PacBio HiFi sequencing to build the next generation of episignatures. These DNA methylation “fingerprints” may help solve unsolved cases of neurodevelopmental disorders and improve genetic diagnosis in rare disease research. We are looking for a PhD candidate w...

PhD opportunity at the University of Caen Normandy, France in the ABTE laboratory, EcoTEA team, on foam-flow cleaning in milking systems . The project, called FOAMAT , focuses on improving cleaning performance while reducing water, energy, and detergent use. The research combines foam physical chemistry , fluid mechanics , process engineering , rheology , and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to understand how foam formulation, structure, and flow conditions affect the removal of dairy residues...

PhD opportunity at Institut Pasteur in Paris within the PPU-Research & Technology program (#SpencerShorteProgram). This project is led by Julia Chamot-Rooke and Guillaume Dumenil , bringing together the Mass Spectrometry for Biology and Vascular Infections Pathogenesis teams. The research aims to develop an innovative PlantAndCast cross-linking mass spectrometry (XLMS) approach to identify direct contacts between pathogen surface proteins and host cell factors during infection, using Neisseria m...

A 3-year PhD position is available at the Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging of Nice (IRCAN), within the Université Côte d’Azur / CNRS / Inserm environment and the IHU RespirERA structure in Nice, France. The project, supervised by Dr Patrick Brest, focuses on antigen–RNA complexes and how they may overcome immune tolerance in cancer vaccination. Therapeutic vaccination against established cancers is often limited by tolerance to self antigens, and this PhD will investigate how protein a...

Fully funded PhD opportunity on Social Reinforcement Learning to Support the Agroecological Transition within the MSCA COFUND BEST programme. The project is jointly supervised by INRAE Toulouse (France) and IIIA-CSIC (Barcelona, Spain) , offering an international research environment at the intersection of reinforcement learning , multi-agent systems , computer science , and agroecological transition . Eligibility: applicants must hold a master’s degree or equivalent by the deadline and must not...

Fully funded PhD position in Neurosciences at the University of Caen Normandie in France . The project is hosted by PhIND INSERM UMR-1237 Laboratory, Blood, Brain & Memory at the Caen Normandie Institute and focuses on intestinal inflammation and stroke recovery . This is a research opportunity for candidates interested in brain–body interactions, neurobiology, and translational neuroscience. Eligibility: applicants should hold a Master's degree in Neuroscience, Neurobiology, or Biology . An ani...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in France/Spain within the European TERRA-MED programme . The Université de Montpellier (France) and the University of the Balearic Islands (Spain) are offering a three-year PhD project on plant–mosquito–microbe interactions and their implications for pathogen transmission . The research combines field-based ecological investigations with controlled laboratory experiments , making it a strong fit for candidates interested in biology , ecology , medical entomology , v...

Fully funded PhD position in Molecular Microbiology at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and CNRS in France. The project is hosted by the Signaling and Asymmetry of the Bacterial Cell Team within the Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry Laboratory . The research focus is centered on bacterial genetics , signal transduction , and related aspects of structural biochemistry . Eligibility highlights: applicants should hold a Master's degree in a relevant field and have hands-on experien...